After realizing this key detail, Li Hongyun re-examined the entire operation and realized that he had omitted a key link that was not recorded in history books.

That is, what on earth was Liang Gaozu doing?

Li Hongyun's thoughts quickly reversed and went back to the very beginning, the night when the Prince of Qin's Mansion conspired.

In the process of formulating plans, the imperial guards are a force that cannot be ignored.

Judging from common sense, if you set your sights on the imperial guards and Liang Gaozu, it would definitely be tantamount to treason, and it is best not to do so.

The main goal of King Qin at this time was to kill the prince and King Qi. In this way, he would be the only heir to the throne, and the prince's position would be in his pocket.

Then the purpose should be achieved...

?

Obviously not.

If we only planned actions against the Crown Prince and King Qi, there would be many uncontrollable factors in the whole process.

For example, if the ambush fails, the prince or the King of Qi escapes, and the imperial guards in the palace come to suppress it, what should we do? Should we directly start a fight with the imperial guards in the palace?

You must know that at that time, the prince's generals were still attacking Xuanwu Gate and almost couldn't defend it. If it was attacked from two sides, the consequences would be disastrous.

By then, Liang Gaozu might have legitimately sided with the crown prince and King Qi.

Even if the ambush was successful and both the prince and King Qi died, what if Liang Gaozu did not agree to pass the throne?

What if Liang Gaozu was so angry that he asked the imperial army to kill the King of Qin and all the generals of the King of Qin's palace in the name of rebellion, and then made his younger son the prince and continued to be the emperor himself?

Judging from the aftermath, Liang Gaozu seemed unwilling to lose his second son again, so after learning about the death of the prince and King Qi, he had no choice but to accept the result.

But the records in history books may be the result of beautification.

No emperor in this world would be willing to give up the power in his hands and be raised up to be an emperor far away from power and doing nothing every day.

What's more, when everyone in the Qin Palace made plans, they couldn't predict the future and predict that Liang Gaozu would accept the result so easily.

The Xuanwumen Incident was a rebellion, a serious crime that could destroy the nine clans if they were not careful.

So, when they formulate the plan, will they leave such a huge loophole to execute it at the risk of annihilating the nine tribes?

Thinking of this, the entire scene in the field of vision quickly flashed back to the night of the conspiracy in the Qin Palace.

During the planning, King Qin placed his fingers heavily on the location of Linhu Palace.

"This is a perfect place to ambush the prince and the king of Qi.

"However, this is already the hinterland of the palace, and there are many imperial troops guarding and patrolling.

"We are going to ambush dozens of cavalry here, and it is impossible for the imperial army not to see it. The number of the imperial army is not a concern, but if they go to notify the father, or if they shout loudly to alert the prince and the king of Qi, they will make our

The plan fell short.

"If the prince and King Qi escape, our situation will be in danger when the generals of the prince's palace come with Changlin soldiers and cooperate with the imperial army inside and outside."

King Qin looked around at everyone, and it was obvious that these battle-hardened generals and strategists all knew this very well.

But what to do?

Only the King of Qin is qualified to make a decision on this matter. It is a serious crime for anyone else to even give advice.

After a moment of silence, King Qin made up his mind.

"After our people entered the palace, they first sent a team of troops to the palace to control all the father and ministers.

"Any Imperial Guard who dares to stop...

"Kill without mercy!"

Seeing this, Li Hongyun finally let out a sigh of relief.

It’s right, it’s right!

If you don't control Liang Gaozu, but just ambush the prince and the king of Qi, it will be a serious military adventure and put everyone's wealth and life on some uncertain factors.

The King of Qin and his generals fought so many tough battles, so they would understand this truth.

But if you control Liang Gaozu first, and then ambush the crown prince and King Qi, then no matter what the outcome is, the overall situation will be under your control.

This is no longer an adventure, but a performance.

A performance for Liang Gaozu.

If he had not done these things, it would be difficult to predict Liang Gaozu's behavior when he was furious.

What if he didn't give up because of this, didn't accept the reality, and instead desperately mobilized all the forbidden troops to surround and kill the King of Qin?

But according to this plan, if Liang Gaozu is allowed to go boating in the sea pool and the ministers accompany him, then in the process, he will gradually accept the reality, and the persuasion of the ministers around him can quickly calm down his emotions.

In this way, when he saw the heads of the prince and King Qi, the emotion in his heart was no longer anger, but fear.

Because after this period of thinking, he will be very clear about the consequences of not meditating, and his reason will gradually overwhelm his emotions, forcing him to make the only choice.

The fog was lifted instantly, and everything in front of me became clear.

But at this time, the screen got stuck.

Time in Prince Qin's palace seemed to freeze for an instant, and no one made any further movements.

"Huh? Stuck?

"...Could it be that you are asking me to identify the person who will carry out this plan?"

Li Hongyun was stunned for a moment and then quickly realized that he still had one of the most critical issues that he had not yet solved.

Who will perform this most important task, no, it should be the second most important task?

The first important task should be to cooperate with the King of Qin to personally ambush the Prince and the King of Qi to ensure that these two people must die. Otherwise, even if Liang Gaozu is controlled and the Changlin soldiers from the Prince's residence arrive, the situation will still be difficult to predict.

Controlling Liang Gaozu was the second most important task.

The difficulty of this task was actually lower than ambushing the Crown Prince and the King of Qi. After all, the Crown Prince and the King of Qi were vigilant and had many private soldiers. On the contrary, Liang Gaozu never thought that his son would dare to target him, and he was negligent.

Be prepared.

Moreover, most of the manpower in the Qin Palace was mainly used to kill the Forbidden Army and control Liang Gaozu.

When Yuchi Jingde pursued the crown prince and the King of Qi, he only brought dozens of cavalry with him. Where were the rest of the men? Li Hongyun had always been a little confused before, but now it is completely confirmed.

So, who specifically performed this task?

A character that he had ignored before suddenly flashed in Li Hongyun's mind.

"Hou Junji!"

When the King of Qin summed up the credit for the Xuanwu Gate Revolution afterwards, Yuchi Jingde was ranked first, and there is no doubt about it.

Whether it was encouraging the King of Qin to make up his mind in advance, or personally leading the cavalry to rescue the King of Qin on the day of the incident, shooting the King of Qi, throwing the heads of the prince and the King of Qi at Xuanwu Gate to make the people of the Prince's Mansion disperse, and finally going to Liang in person.

Being forced into the palace in front of Emperor Gaozu made his presence felt in the whole incident.

But the person ranked second is Hou Junji.

There is no historical record of what Hou Junji did specifically during the Xuanwumen Incident. It is just said that he was the core figure of the entire operation and contributed many suggestions.

But the question is, how exactly do you "give a lot of advice"? Moreover, Hou Junji is a military general, and he has given a lot of advice to be ranked second. What do real advisers such as Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui think?

As a military commander, you gave a lot of advice, but did not arrange any particularly important tasks in the final actual actions?

None of this makes sense.

Although Hou Junji later participated in the prince's rebellion during the reign of Liang Taizong, which caused his reputation in history to be not very good, Liang Taizong was a relatively tolerant man. Even for ministers he did not like, the achievements that should be recorded were limited.

Still remembered them all.

So, there is only one explanation for Hou Junji's second contribution in the Xuanwumen Incident, but there are no clearly recorded deeds.

What he did during the Xuanwu Gate Incident cannot be remembered at all.

The moment Li Hongyun came up with his idea, the scene in front of him started to move again.

"Hou Junji!

"You lead five hundred warriors and invite your father and ministers... to take a boat trip on the sea pond."

King Qin looked at Hou Junji, who responded excitedly: "Yes! Your Majesty!"

Time came again to the day of the Xuanwu Gate Incident, but this time the scene Li Hongyun saw was very different from before.

Chang He, who was responsible for guarding the Xuanwu Gate, opened the city gate, and King Qin's troops entered in a mighty manner.

When King Qin and Yuchi Jingde began to ambush near Linhu Palace, Hou Junji led the main troops into the palace in a mighty manner.

All the Imperial Guards who dared to stop him were killed along the way, ensuring that there was nothing unusual in the vast area from Xuanwu Gate to Linhu Palace except for silence.

Then, he went directly to the palace, found Liang Gaozu who was discussing matters with the ministers, and "invited" them all to row a boat on the sea pond.

After that, Hou Junji led his people to guard here until Yuchi Jingde came after killing the prince and the king of Qi.

Historical records record that when Yuchi Jingde, covered in blood, wearing armor and holding a spear, saw Liang Gaozu, "Gaozu was shocked" and asked: "Who is causing trouble today? What is Aiqing doing here?"

Yuchi Jingde replied: "The prince and the king of Qi led troops to cause trouble, and the king of Qin and his ministers raised troops to kill them. The king of Qin was worried about alarming his majesty, so he sent his ministers to serve as guards."

But at this time, it was unreasonable for Liang Gaozu to be "shocked" because he should have been shocked before.
To be continued...